Thomas Wharton Jr. (1735 - abt. 1778)

Born 1735 in Chester, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Susannah Lloyd — married 4 Nov 1762 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Husband of Elizabeth Fishbourne — married 7 Dec 1774 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died about 22 May 1778 at about age 43 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States

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Preceded by Office created on September 28, 1776

Thomas Wharton, Jr. 1st President of Pennsylvania 1777—1778

Succeeded by 2nd President George Bryan

Biography

Thomas Wharton Jr. is Notable.

Born 1735 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, the son of John Wharton and Mary Dobbins. Thomas was known as Thomas Wharton, Junr. to differentiate him from his cousin who was five years older. Thomas died either 22 or 23 of May 1778 at Lancaster, Pennsylvania^[1].

War of the Revolution

Thomas Wharton Jr. performed Patriotic Service in Pennsylvania in the American Revolution.

Thomas Wharton Jr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A123691.

Thomas served on the Committee for Public Safety and was subsequently elected the 1st President of Pennsylvania (equivalent to Governor)^[2]

Marriage

Thomas married twice^[3].

• Thomas m. 1. Susannah Lloyd, daughter of Thomas Lloyd by his wife Sussanah Kearney, at 1st, Christ Church, Philadelphia on 4 Nov 1762. Susannah died 24 Oct 1772.
• Thomas m. 2. Elizabeth Fishbourne, daughter of William Fishbourne by his wife Mary Tallman on 7 Dec 1774.

Children

Children of Thomas and Susannah^[3].:

• Lloyd m. Mary Rogers and d. s. p.
• Kearney, d. 4 Jan 1848, aged 82; m. Maria Salter
• William Moore, d. 14 Aug 1816, aged 49; m. 1st, Mary Waln; and 2dly, Deborah Shoemaker
• Sarah Norris, d. 1836, aged 64; m. 1st, Dr. Benjamin Tallman; and 2dly, Samuel Courtauld
• Susannah, bu. Philadelphia, 2 Feb 1773

Children of Thomas and Elizabeth^[3].

• Mary, b. 7 Sep 1775; d. unm. Philadelphia, June 1799
• Thomas Fishbourne, b. 10 Nov 1776; d. unm. Philadelphia, Jan 1865
• Fishbourne, b. 9 Aug 1778; m. 1st, Susan Shoemakerl and 2dly, Mary Ann Shoemaker

Death

There are two published dates for this death: 22 or 23 May 1778^{[3] [4]}. The majority of the sources use 22 May.

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 20 June 2020), memorial page for Gov. Thomas “Junior” Wharton (1735–22 May 1778), Find A Grave: Memorial #6330061, citing Trinity Lutheran Churchyard, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Lesley Beam Smith (contributor 4663489).
2. ↑ Daughters of the Amreican Revolution, Ancestor Search, accessed 24 Oct 2018: https://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A123691
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Wheaton, Anne H, (1880), Genealogy of the Wharton Family of Philadelphia 1664 to 1880, (pp 8-11). Philadelphia, Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Accessed on 3 Oct 2018 from https://archive.org/details/genealogyofwhart00whar/page/8
4. ↑ Keith, Keith, C. P. (1883) The Provincial Councillors of Pennsylvania Who Held Office Between 1733 and 1776, and Those Earlier Councilors Who Were Some Time Chief Magistrates of the Province and Their Descendants. Philadelphia, 1883, [Web.] Accessed 19 Jun 2019 from 2 sources:
   Source 1: https://lccn.loc.gov/04012543
   Source 2: https://books.google.com/books?id=OEAVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA25&dq=Thomas+Wharton,+JR+died&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj50uz08vbiAhXKJzQIHbsXCPYQ6AEIOzAD#v=onepage&q=Thomas%20Wharton%2C%20JR%20died&f=false

• Wharton, Anne H. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 5, No. 4 (1881), pp. 426-443. Thomas Wharton, Junr. The Historical Society of Pennsylvania; University of Pennsylvania Press Accessed: 24-10-2018: https://www.jstor.org/stable/20084522
• Wharton, Anne H. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 6, No. 1 (1882), Thomas Wharton, Junr. Continued. pp. 91-105. The Historical Society of Pennsylvania; University of Pennsylvania Press Accessed: 24-10-2018: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/20084542.pdf

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